China’s Sinopec to build US$470 mn green hydrogen plant

China’s Sinopec to build US$470 mn green hydrogen plant

China’s state-controlled oil firm Sinopec says it has started the construction of a US$470 million green hydrogen plant, with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tonnes, in Kuqa city in the country’s northwestern region of Xinjiang.

The project aims to produce green hydrogen, which is derived from renewable sources, through a water electrolysis system powered by a 300-megawatts solar power station.

Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water molecules with renewable electricity, and touted as a clean replacement for fossil fuels in industries that are otherwise hard to decarbonise.

Sinopec will also build hydrogen storage tanks, with a total storage capacity of about 210,000 standard cu m, and a hydrogen pipeline network that can transmit 28,000 standard cu m of hydrogen per hour, according to the report.

The project is expected to start production in June 2023, and the hydrogen it produces will be supplied to Sinopec’s Tahe refinery to replace its current gas-to-hydrogen facilities.

Sinopec is also building a 20,000-tonne/year green hydrogen plant in Ordos in Inner Mongolia.

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China’s state-controlled oil firm Sinopec says it has started the construction of a US$470 million green hydrogen plant, with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tonnes, in Kuqa city in the country’s northwestern region of Xinjiang.

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